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Ruth Kelson Rafael

Chief Archivist (Western Jewish History Center)

Ruth Kelson Rafael was born on October 28, 1929. She received an MLS from University of California, Berkeley, in 1967, and an MA from San Francisco State University in 1952. She became the Archivist of the Western Jewish History Center in 1969. She was also the librarian of Congregation Beth Sholom, San Francisco, since 1965. A member of the Education Council of San Francisco, Marin County, and the Peninsula (1977-1978), she was the President of the Northern California Association of Jewish Libraries in 1977-1978.